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Jul 30, 2020 19:35:20 GMT
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With a few projects on the go, I always try to rough out the costs and what key parts that I'll need. I'm also tight, have a 7 moth old baby and a wife who (unfortunately) is quite clued up and knows what things like tools cost, so to ease the blow of buying these expensive parts I've used them as an excuse to buy expensive tools and make them myself  So on this occasion, my excuse for buying a brand new AC/DC TIG setup, mask, gloves, another gas bottle and a few other bits, was that it came in cheaper than buying the two inlet manifolds, paying someone else to weld up a gearbox and the fact I wont have to wait until a quiet week of night shift covers to glue fancy metals together! So, My question is: Whats the best excuse you've used to justify a purchase to a wife/husband/significant other?  |
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Too many projects, not enough time.
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Jul 30, 2020 19:48:15 GMT
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I like your question and the concept of asking it.
Maybe I choose, or luck on the right ones.
Never had to justify to wives (2 in 30 years) or girlfriends.
Maybe because I am frugal nd seek out alternatives to random spending.
But........ if I were to make excuses, it would be along the lines of “I need it to get this job done”
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Justify that Tool! Mercdan68
@forddan68
Club Retro Rides Member 68
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Jul 30, 2020 19:51:16 GMT
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Don’t tell em,...
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Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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Midas
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 14
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Justify that Tool! Midas
@midas
Club Retro Rides Member 14
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Jul 30, 2020 19:52:11 GMT
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If I don’t fix your car you’ll have to walk to work...
Probably explains why I’ve been divorced for 15 years..
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Jul 30, 2020 19:53:01 GMT
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Given up trying.... that and mostly have all the requisite toys .. sorry..tools already!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jul 30, 2020 20:02:14 GMT
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I just got rid of the wife, dead easy. Been with girlfriend (as I like to call her for 21 yrs)We live in MY house (but she also has her own) never ask for owt, neither does she. I want a car, I buy it, she wants one she buys it, as we do with owt else. It’s absolutely effin brilliant.
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Jul 30, 2020 20:03:11 GMT
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never needed to juatify any tool purchase to anyone but myself 😁
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Jul 30, 2020 20:03:40 GMT
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I bought a chop saw for making an exhaust. I have used said chop saw for one exhaust cut. As it's one of the Evolution ones that cuts both metal and wood, I thought it'd come in handy for cutting up all the donated scrap wood my 81-year old Dad has for his wood burner. So far I've cut up (at a guess) about 3 tons. So that's what I said it was for.
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Justify that Tool! accord83
@accord83
Club Retro Rides Member 51
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Jul 30, 2020 20:22:47 GMT
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Not a problem, big things always cost £40, small things a tenner, it's the law.
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74 Mk1 Escort 1360, 1971 Vauxhall Victor SL2000 Estate.
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Jul 30, 2020 23:49:38 GMT
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Same as accord83 if wife asks how much was that the answer is always a tenner or how long you gonna be its always ten minutes.. now she doesnt ask often.
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Cheaper than a Designer Handbag??
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My wife has bought lots of my tools. There's usually something at birthdays and Christmas that will live in the garage.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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drseg
Part of things
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she says "cordless angle grinders in aldi do you want one" yes i reply and off she goes and gets one, and then the 40 v battery as didnt work with the 2 20v ones i already had for multi tool and impact gun. but then again when she was doping a job she hated at DPD call centre i'd surprise her with shoes(she likes high shoes cos shes little) mind you she has her own tool box overalls cordless screwdriver ( aldi again can she have one too) and mig welds . quite funny when the guys she works with have car problems and come and ask her like the noisy civic that garage said rear differential was making the noise she said wheel bearing took it somewhere trusted and was a wheel bearing.
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Remember 'it's easier to seek forgiveness than ask permission'.
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